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A17589	The countesse of Marres Arcadia, or sanctuarie Containing morning, and evening meditations, for the whole weeke. By M. Ia. Caldwell sometimes preacher of Gods Word, at Fawkirke. Enriched with a godlie treatise, called, An ascension of the soule to heaven, by meditation on the passion of our Lord Iesus Christ.	Caldwell, James, 1580?-1616.; Anderson, Patrick, 1575-1624.	1625 (1625)	STC 4366; ESTC S116200	116,521	496

an vnspeakable joye other times refusing all comfort sometimes doubting and distrusting othertimes firmelie belieuing stedfastlie apprehending sometimes longing for to be dissolved ●hil 1. other times loving to Iudge still in this tabernacle of clay in all these things where is my comfort but in this that thou art vnchang●ble As for mee O Lord I confesse Malach. 1. for my best action thou mightst condemne me for the sinnes of my prayer hearing of thy word what then should bee mine estate if thou woldst enter in judgment with mee Teach mee to vvalke in trembling and feare before thee let it be my first care to keepe thy presence saue mee O Lord that by my vnclean thoghts profane speeches vngodlie actions I quench not thy Spirit but let mee euer finde that Spirit working moving into my soule when I wander bring me home againe when I fall raise mee when I sleepe waken me hold me waking O Lord that when the Bridegrome shall come I may bee in the ranke of the wise Virgines Mat. 25. with my lampe clearlie burning attending his cōming And finallie forgiue mee all the infirmities of my prayers and accept of my leane and vnworthie sacrifice in through that alsufficient Sacrifice that my blessed Lord hath offered in my name in the name of all these that loud his second coming To him therefore bee praise honour glory for euer Amen Nowe vnto the King everlasting immortall invisible vnto God onelie wise bee honour and Glorie for euer Amen FINIS AN Ascension of the SOVLE TO HEAVEN By meditation of the Passion Death Buriall and Resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ 1. Tim. 3.16 And without contraversie great is the Mysterie of godlinesse God manifested in the flesh iustified in the Spirit seene of Angells c. EDINBVRGH Printed by Iohn Wreittoun 1625. An Advertisement to the Christian Reader MAN in all his actions purposeth to himself Glorie and Gaine whereof if hee giue vnto God the first which is due vnto him hee will make the second redound to thy vse Therefore ●●ght wee with the Angels to sing Gl●rie bee to God in th● Heauen and with Zacharias Luc. 2.4 Blessed bee the LORD GOD of Israel who hath visited redemed his people Then must wee consider wh●● bee the benefites we gaine of Christ● death which are in number many● in feeling comfortable in estimat●● most precious The first is Purgation of sinnes thus happie is hee whose wickednesse is forgiuen and whose sinnes is couered Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth none iniquitie Psal 31.1.2 but most miserable are they that lacke these The penitent sinner of a troubled spirit Psal ●1 17 of a broken and a contrite heart forsaking his owne wayes and renounceing his owne imaginations Mat. 4.17 promising amendement and purposing the fruites of repentance confessing his owne miserie and appealing to the mercie of GOD Esay 1.18 and the merites of Christ hath his soule though as red as Scarlot washed in his most precious gracious and glorious bloode Heb. 9.13 14. Lev. 6.14 For if the bloode of Bullocks and Goates and the ashes of an Heifer sprinkling them that are vncleane sanctified as touching the purifying of the flesh how much more shal the blood of Christ which through the eternall Spirite offered himselfe without spot to God 1. Iohn 1.7 purge our conscience from dead work●s to serue the liuing GOD Thus the Blood of Iesus Christ the Sonne of God purgeth vs from all sinne O purge mee with this Hysope and I shall bee cleane wash Psal 51.7 and I shall bee whiter than snow 2. The second benefite is Remission of sinnes Sinne is in the Child of God but it reigneth not Sin is in the Elect but couered Sin is in the Heires of Saluation Rom. 8.33 but not laid to their charge because it is forgiuen Exod. 25.17 As the Arke was couered with an golden sheete● alled the Propitiatorie So Christ is the propiciat●●n of our sinnes Mat. 26.28 by whom wee haue redemption through his Blood euen forgiuenesse of them Col. 1.14 for the voyce of his blood is remission of sin●●s euer proclaimed in the h●artes of the godly Eph. 1.7 calling for ●etter thinges than the blood of Abel Heb. 12.24 3. The third Benefite of Chri●● p●ssion is Deliuerance from th● curse of the Law the Law accuseth Christ ex●useth The Law te●●fieth Christ comforteth the La● curseth but Christ blesseth f● Christ hath redeemed vs from the curse of the Law Gal. 3.13 when hee was made a curse for vs for it is written Deut. 21.23 Iohn 1.17 Cursed is everie one that hange●h on a tree And the Law w●s given by Moyses but Grace and Trueth came by Iesus Christ i●deede Cant. 1.4.15 we bee but blacke by nature yet are we white by Grace Bla k in Adam yet comelie as the tentes of Kedar Cant. 6.9 and as the curtaine of Salamō yea plesant in Christ now in Him wee l●●ke as the Morning faire as the Noone pure as the Sun terrible as an Armie with Banners hard favoured by merite but beautifull by Mercie for Christ is the end of the Law for Righteousnesse t● every one that beleeve Rom. 10.4 Iohn 5.24 Th●y th●● which in a livelie faith apprehend Christ crucified and risen againe haue what the Law requireth that is perfect obedience performed by Christe imputed to them who was delivered to death for our sins Rom. 4.24 Rom. 4.25 Col. 2.14 and risen for our iustification Thus hath hee put out the hand-writting of ordinances that was against vs which was contrarie to vs he even tooke it out of the way and fastened it vpon the Crosse 4. The fourth Benefite wee reape by Christes passion is freedome from damnation and purchase of eternall Life for God so loved the world Iohn 3.16 that hee hath given his onelie begotten Sonne that whosoever believeth in him Rom. 8.1 should not perish but have eternall Life For what destruction can come to them which are ingraffed in Christ the Authour and finisher of our saith and salvation Heb. 12.2.3 who for the ioy that was set before him endured the Crosse an● despised the shame how can the second death take hold on them that haue their part in the first Resurrection Rev. 20.6 and are in Christ Iohn 4.6 the Life it selfe For when Christ which is our Life shall appeare Col. 3.4 Iohn 10. then shall we also appeare with him in his glorie The Devill can not pluck them away fi●aly from GOD who is stronger than any and hath giuen them to Christ who is one with the Father and hath their names written in the Booke of Life having washed their Garmentes in the Blood of the Lambe Phil. 4.2 Rev. 20.14 Hell cannot terrifie them which patientlie looke for an inheritance in Heaven Eph. 1.4 Wee are in

2.22 24. all which were fastned on his shoulders and hee did beare them who never displeased God nor offended man and of whom his verie enemies did confesse He had done all thinges well yet did the Lorde broke him and made him subject to infirmities Esay 53.10 and layd vpon him the iniquities of vs all And what griefe thinkest thou was hee in when hee sweate so powerfully and prayed so ferventlie No doubt he felt the vnsupportable weight of thy sinne Mat. 11.28 the fierce wrath of God against it Rom. 2.8 the justice of the righteous God requiring due punishment for it 1. Thess 1.10 the killing power of the Law Rom. 5.12 pronuncing condemnation to it the strong force of Death Rom. 7.11 the Stipend and reward addebted to it the tyrannie of Sathan Iohn 8.34 insulting on thee for it the infinite and eternall tormentes of Hell 1. Pet. 2.19 just desert to it which no tongue can expresse 1. Pet. 3.19 Mat. 24.41 Mat. 13.42 nor heart conceiue where the worme dieth not and the fire not quenched where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth This I say made thy sweete Saviour in anguish of spirit so to bemone himselfe Iohn 3.16 yet to show that God so loved the world that bee gave his onely begotten Sonne for it And that bee came hither to save sinners Ioh. 12.47 for whom hee was contented to die Hee yeelded his wil to Gods saying neverthelesse not as I will but as thou wilt THE THIRD STEP to ascend by THirdlie this did aggravate his miseries that hee was betrayed by his familiar friend whom he trusted Psal 44.9 which did eate of his bread his own Purse-master Iohn 13.12 whose feete hee had washed and that with a kisse speaking as the custome of this worlde is pea●eablie with his mouth Ier. 9.8 but in his heart bee layed waite for his neighbour Psal 28.3 Bee thou not drawne away poore Soule with the wicked Psal 120.2 and with the workers of iniquitie which speakes friendlie to their neighbours Psal 105. 17.18 when malice is in their heart Deliver my Soule O Lord from the lying lippes and from a deceitfull tongue So did Ioab kill Amasa 2. Sam. 20.4 Iudg. 16.20 and Cain slewe Abel Sampson is betrayed by Philistimes so Ioseph was solde for a slaue they helde his feete in stockes vntill his appointed time came and the counsell of the Lord had tryed him Hypocriticall was thy salutation O sonne of perdition Sayest thou Haile Master Thy Master Iudas whom thou wast bound to defend But what will not the hungrie desire of money doe by it hee lost Christ Col. 3.5 hee lost his Soule hee lost Heauen Iohn 3.36 and damned himselfe The Traitor had a fit end hee hanged himselfe but that was not all hee hanges in Hell perpetuallie for it 2. Thess 1.6.7 Iudg. 1.7 Gen. 9.6 as hee deserved so is hee served for blood will have blood for had hee repented truely he had not put hands in himselfe the word was in his mouthe but the thing was not in his heart Such is the force of conscience setting before him the hainousnesse of his fact the grievousnes of GODS vvrath judgement without mercie and hells fire without redemption For an evill conscience is a Witnesse a Summonder a Iudge a Tormenter a Prison of sinners What thing more grieuous thā day and night to cary about such a one a man may avoide all thinges but his owne heart for whither soeuer he goeth it goeth with him either to accuse or excuse Rom. 2.15 The testimonie of a good conscience is a continuall feast which maketh a man alvvayes merrie 1. Tim. 1 19. The putting avvay of a good conscience maketh ship-vvracke of Faith Endevour therefore O my Soule to haue a cleare Conscience towardes GOD and towardes man For if thy heart condemne thee God is greater than thine hearte and knoweth all thinges But if thine heart condemne thee not then hast thou boldnesse towards him and whatsoeuer thou seekest in faith shall thou receiue from him A sicke conscience can no Physician in the world cure but that heavenlie Physician Iesus 1. Tim. 6.10 Thou seest the desire of money is the roote of all mischiefe they who are poysoned therwith doe erre from the Faith Pro. 27.20 these pierce themselves through with many sorrowes they fall into tentations into snares into manie foolish and noysome lustes which drowne men in perdition and destruction which is too evident in this miserable creature Iudas But thou my Soule flie thou those thinges Tim. 6.11.12 and follow after righteousnesse godlinesse faith love patience meeknesse laying hold on eternall Life wherevnto thou art called Thus there is no griefe to that of thy minde no losse to that of life no feare to that of destruction so there is no enemie to a covetous and a dissembling friend no treachrie to that which one of a mans own may practise Iudas was amongst the Apostles by externall vocation but not of them by inwarde sanctification as Christ often foretold them that twelue hee had chosen Iohn 6.70 and one of them was a devill Where the Lordes mercie is evident and thy prodigious malice manifest neither did the faith and firmitie of the Apostles fall by reason of this Traitours defection for what though some did not belieue Rom. 3.3.4 shall their vnbeliefe make the promises of GOD without effect God forbid Let GOD bee true and all men lyears Hee departed from Christ the rest did abide vnto the end they that continued Luc. 23.28 shall bee saved He went to the chiefe Priestes hee might haue knowne Psal 1.1 That blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsell of the wicked And Iacob in the spirite of prophesie saw this Tragedie and abhorred the Actors Simeon and Levi Gen. 49.5.6 brethren in evill the instruments of crueltie are in their habitations vnto their secrets let not my soule come my glorie bee not thou joyned with their assemblies for in their wrath they slew the man Christ and in their selfe-will they digged downe a wall Hee vvent I say not called or sent for or seduced by his Lordes enemies but vvillingly offered himselfe the sinne is more tolerable that hath a preceeding cause Adam was deceiued by the Serpent but the Devill hatched and brotched these venemous contagions of himself and in himselfe No man motioned this businesse to him hee intruded himselfe separating himselfe in soule and bodie from his Master It is good to haue the heart established by grace Heb. 13.9 and alwayes to cleaue vnto the Lord. Hee would recompense the losse hee had by the pouring out of Maries box of Oyntment but hee came short Neither seeketh he a certain summe as to gain much by the bargane but as selling a vyle slaue or base thing referreth the price to themselves what they would giue

tribunall seat of God to receiue what wee haue done in this flesh good or badde The verie Romanes Lysias Faelix Festus had a conscience of the innocencie of Paul who had onelie the light of Nature but they had light by the word yet the malice of their hearts put out that illumination corruption blotted it Whence it cōmeth of Gods just judgment that all conscience is scraped out and they became like beastes fell into a Reprobate sense What euer was the Iews part or Herods or Pilates the Lord had his decree therein will haue his onely begotten Son to die for the sinnes of the world But look to the Lords dispensation hee will haue the Iudge protesting his innocencie hee will haue the hearts of the accusers hardned to sue after Christes blood for if their cōscience had bin wakened it had not beene so Consider here my Soule how willingly Christ came vnto his passion not that he did smite crucifie himself but that he did not gainst and the wickednesse of the Iewes nor approuing their impiety but wisely disponing the benefit that should redowned thereby One and the same was the passion of Christ but the actions intentions in God the Iewes farre different and diverse but euen amongst the Iewes and Governours was there lesser greater sins in this action He that delivered thee vnto me Iohn 19.11 hath the greater sinne yet thou Pilate art sinfull in this businesse also all sinnes are not alike as all the glorie is not alike 1. Cor. 15.41 for one star differeth from another in glorie In my Fathers house said hee there are many dwelling places Iohn 14.2 Now then Pilate beleeued hee had done amisse as he did in deede when hee had scourged the Sonne of God hee knew nothing but vvhat nature furnished him yet his conscience within him did tell him powerfullie that be ought to feare and honour God This naturall spunck of light is left to bridle man from sinne but it will not hold vs Rom. 2.14 beeing so weake in the feare of God yet if it had beene taken away wee should be more miserable than the brutish beastes Psal 49.20 Trust neuer to nature but striue to acquire grace by the holie Spirit Luc. 11.13 who ouercōmeth the cāker of the hart This Pilate hath glances and glimmerings of Christiā vertues but they evanished Whē the Lord giueth light Iohn 1.4 boweth the heart establishing grace in it and grace abiding with thee thou art not farre from the Kingdome of heaven but is happie blessed in deede Now Pilate in anger beginneth directlie against Christ whom oftimes before he had pronounced innocent because hee had not answered him with insolent bragging glorying of the power that he had aboue him falling out in blasphemie against God his hart being never truely renewed Act. 8.23 nor hauing any feare reverence to Iesus but being ful of the gall of bitternesse claimed vnto himselfe an absolute power which God hath not giuen neither to man nor Angel Rom. 13.1 for it is proper to himself but a power restrained limited by Gods Law Naturall men in high places hauing power frō God without sanctification Tit. 3.3 are but mad men as here he protesteth that Iesus was innocent and now that he had power to doe with him what hee pleased which is in effect to be a murtherer for what else is hee who will take the life from an Innocent pride in his heart made his mouth so foolish 1. Pet. 5.5 The proud dishonour the Majestie of God therefore caused hee his lips to speake to his shame to accuse himselfe but woe vnto them Esay 5.21 that call euil good and good euill The Magistrate is the ordinance of God indeede Rom. 1.3.4 to punish the guiltie 1. Pet. 2.13.14 and maintaine the righteous as Christ sayeth Thou shouldest haue no power Psal 82.6 vnlesse it were giuen thee from aboue But because Pro. 8.15 Kings doe reigne by God they should therefore vse their power accord ng to his will And happie are Iudges if they follow the direction of I●hosaphat King of Iuda 2. Chro. 19 6. who said to the Iudges whom he had set ouer his Cities Take heede what ye doe for ye execute not the judgements of man but of God and hee will bee in the cause of judgement Wherefore now let the feare of the Lord bee vpon you take heede and doe it for there is none iniquity with the Lord our God neither respect of persons nor receiuing of rewards And although Tyrants and wicked men as Pilate was haue power from aboue yet the wise God can vse it to the glorie of his Name as he did by the hand of Nabuchodonazar King of Babel Ier. 27.6.7 his servant And heere Pilate deceiueth himselfe beleeuing hee had his power of Caesar only Christ did holde his peace before but now wil speak in defence of his Fathers honour and make him vnderstand albeit he was in his hāds yet he was in Gods hands also without whose speciall dispensation nothing can bee done 1. Sam. 14.45 as is evident in Saul and Ionathan for it was not in Sauls hands to kill him howsoeuer he had giuen out sentence against him Hee ordained that Agag should liue 1. Sam. 15.33 but Samuell killed him For Gods eternall decree and power over-ruleth all which while men wil not acknowledge Dan. 4.29 they become like beasts God wil never denude himselfe of his owne power Esay 10.15 for what was Ashur but an Axe or a Saw in the hand of the Sawer or a rod and staffe which should not exalt it selfe as if were no wood But O Ashur Esay 10.5 the rod of my wrath I will send him to a dissembling Nation I will giue him a charge against the people of my wrath Neither is it amisse that wicked men should haue power to hurt to try the patience of the godlie and punish the iniquitie of the wicked But heere is thy comfort my Soule that Tyrantes doe not according to their pleasure perverse wil rage against the Saintes but when and how far it pleaseth God by speciall permission and yeelding grant to them for the Lord hath put a bounds vnto them which they can not exceed for while they abuse their power to tyrannie Exod. 14.28 the higher they ascend the nearer destruction they are For they are rods Act. 12.23 which when the wrath of God doeth relent and our punishmentes are ended shal be burnt with euerlasting fire as in Pharaoh and Herod is evident Christ submitteth him to the power which hee acknowlegded Pilate to haue of God and so should subjectes not so much looke to men as to God who hath armed them vvith that power which is the ground of our obedience to Magistrates when wee see Gods providence to over-rule all things for they are but